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CARE responds to 2nd Global COVID-19 Summit: ‘Match our leadership in words with leadership in action’
CARE calls on U.S. Congress to appropriate at least $5 billion for global COVID response as soon as possible, so that we can get shots in arms and deliver tests and treatments to communities at the last mile.
Read MoreAP News: Biden urges world to renew COVID fight as US nears 1M deaths
President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders on Thursday for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he led the U.S. in marking the approaching “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths at home from the virus. He ordered flags lowered to half-staff and warned against “complacency” around the globe.
Read MoreAssociated Press: Experts say US suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic.
In the latest Senate package targeted at stopping the coronavirus, U.S. lawmakers dropped nearly all funding for curbing the virus beyond American borders, a move many health experts slammed as dangerously short-sighted.
Read MoreDozens of global health and development organizations express alarm over lack of global COVID funds
CARE and dozens of global health and development organizations released a response after the U.S. Senate agreed on a supplemental COVID-19 funding package that cuts off funding for the global COVID response.
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AP: Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones
NEW DELHI (AP) — The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the U.N.-backed effort to supply poorer countries, a sign that inequity persists in the global response to the pandemic.
Read MoreAnalysis by CARE and Booz Allen Hamilton: Lack of Investment in Global Vaccination Campaign Will Result in Prolonged Economic Cost
The potential cost of a prolonged pandemic to the U.S. economy would be at least $207 billion and could reach as high as $671 billion over the next five years, further highlighting the urgency of the global vaccine effort.
Read MoreCARE Welcomes Inclusion of COVID Funding in Biden Administration Emergency Supplemental Request to Congress
Today the White House transmitted a formal emergency supplemental funding request to Congress addressing, in part, the critical funding needs to fulfill The Biden Administration’s goal to vaccinate the world. This request comes after over 80 CEOs of global health, hunger, and humanitarian organizations, including CARE CEO, Michelle Nunn, urged the White House to submit such a request, and the day
Read MoreCARE Urges White House to Make Swift Request from Congress For Robust Emergency Funding for Global COVID-19 Response
CARE joins global health, humanitarian, development and private sector organizations in letter to Biden Administration urging engagement with Congress to support increased funding for the global health, humanitarian, and development accounts in the final FY2022 spending package.
Read MoreWith the Emergence of Omicron – Women Frontline Healthcare Workers and Vaccine Equality Still Key to Addressing COVID
You can make pills, give boosters, and even increase vaccine production, but you won’t end the pandemic or the emergence of new variants without a significant investment in last-mile delivery. This means an immediate, significant investment in women frontline healthcare workers and healthcare systems in Lower and Middle Income Countries.
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